Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, draws up the Regency Bill; its despotic character, i. [115];
his speech, [120];
political character and anecdotes, [158], [159];
reasons for his conduct on the affair of the regency, [160];
political intimacy with the Duke of Newcastle, [161];
his speech in reply to the Duke of Bedford, on the Scottish Colonization Bill, [268];
his conduct in the affair of Fawcett’s accusation against the Solicitor-General, for drinking the Pretender’s health, [309];
speech on the affair of the charges against the prince’s tutors, [321];
his speech on passing the Marriage Bill, [348];
resigns the seals on Pitt’s coming into administration in 1756, ii. [273];
his conduct in regard to Admiral Byng’s trial, [317];
refuses the seals on Pitt’s coalition with Fox, iii. [33];
opposes the Militia Bill, [40].
Harley, Lord, speech on the Regency Bill, i. [144];
moves for declaring against subsidiary treaties in time of peace, [254].
HARRINGTON, Earl of, (William) political and biographical notice of, i. [3], et seq., notes.
Harris, commissioner of wine licences, violent speech in the Commons on the abolition of his office, ii. [375].
Hartington, Lord, political manœuvre between Pitt and the Whigs, i. [13];
Westminster petition, [19], [20];
his share in the ministerial negotiations on the death of Pelham, [381];
succeeds the Duke of Dorset as Irish Viceroy, ii. [3], [18], [20], [23].
—Vide [Devonshire].
Hastenbecke, battle of, and defeat of the Duke of Cumberland, iii. [36].
Havre-de-Grace bombarded, iii. [186].
Hawke, Sir Edward, his naval operations, ii. [32];
sent to supersede Byng in the Mediterranean, [215];
takes the naval command in the expedition to Rochfort, iii. [50];
attacks the French fleet under Conflans, and destroys them, [231].
Hawley, General, his military severity, i. [103];
selected as the propagator of a pretended memorial on the prince’s education, and why, [302].
Hayter, Dr., vide [Norwich] (Bp. of).